Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (5)

The 41st Wing was defeated in Vietnam, and Lieutenant General Seiichi Hisa was shocked, and it was simply unreasonable for the French, who had been defeated in Europe, to beat the Imperial Japanese Army all over the ground. This was already a matter of invincibility and a great insult, and Lieutenant General Seiichi Kuna was furious in the city of Nanning and ordered Major General Sakurada Takeshi to lead the Guards Brigade to Pingxiang. Since it has already begun, there is an excuse to attack, and it is impossible to give up halfway, the Japanese, once tried their best to find an excuse, and did not hesitate to create the Wicker Lake Incident and the Lugou Bridge Incident, this time the French sent the excuse to the door, and it was not good to use it, and they were simply sorry for the thousands of unjust souls who died in Guinan.

Nanning's defense mainly relied on the Fifth Division and the Guards Brigade to be stationed in the vicinity of Pumiaoluan City during this period, and at the same time, as a mobile force, it was ready to respond to various localities at any time, mainly to carry out mobile rescue on the war-torn Yongqin Highway. The new 19th Division made several operations, but all of them fell short due to the intervention of the Guards Brigade.

The movement of the Guards Brigade was immediately noticed by the new 19th Division, the 41st Wing was frustrated in Vietnam, Zhao Guolong had already learned in Chen Zhengxin's telegram, Zhao Guolong knew that the Japanese would not admit defeat, and it was estimated that they would definitely come back from the French, the Fifth Division could not move to hold Nanning, and the Taiwanese mixed brigade could not leave Qinzhou and leave the Yongqin Highway, and only the mobile Guards Brigade could reinforce the 41st Wing, so Zhao Guolong's attention to the Japanese Guards Brigade inadvertently increased a few points.

Discovering the abnormal movement of the Guards Brigade, Zhao Guolong confirmed his judgment and immediately found the deputy division commander Kan Weiyong, who did not inform the division commander Qin Jing, but took the chief of staff Zhao Guolong to Lingshan Luwu, found the new commander of the 46th Army, Zhou Zuhuang, and proposed that while the Japanese army was mobilizing defenses, he could take advantage of the situation to counterattack.

The reason why Kan Weiyong did not inform Qin Jing, commander of the new 19th Division, was that in the past few days, the differences between the new 19th Division and whether to attack or hold on have been very prominent, and Qin Jing, the division commander, believed that as long as he held the defensive area, he would be fine, while Kan Weiyong, deputy division commander, and Zhao Guolong, chief of staff, believed that an offensive was the best way to hold on, and if the Japanese army in southern Guinan was not disturbed, it would be an empty word.

After He Xuan was transferred away, Zhou Zuhuang took office as the commander of the 46th Army, and once again took charge of the commander of the First Army. When the army commander was familiar with the road, there was nothing new, and the only thing he was happy to see Zhao Guolong, the chief of staff of the new 19th Division.

"Hahaha! Aren't you that little follower of Tianzong? In the blink of an eyelid, the old hen turned into a duck, it's only been a few days, and your kid has become a colonel, and his position is still above the boss of your family! How about it, is the position of chief of staff of the division fun? Zhou Zuhuang was overjoyed. Back then, by the Peach Blossom River, Zhong Jihai Jingqiang chatted with him for a few days and two days, and the orderly soldier who served tea and water below was the young chief of staff in front of him.

"Respect the Lord." Kan Weiyong said: "Don't underestimate the youth of Guolong, Guolong is a good hand in war, wise and brave, and is a very good candidate for chief of staff of the division. ”

Zhou Zuhuang's character Jingsheng, a person who is nearly fifty years old, will have no real position for a while after his comeback, and will be arranged to serve as a senior staff officer in the 16th Group Army, and the people below are not good to call him, so he used his words to create an honorific title: "Jinggong." Zhou Zuhuang was happy when he heard this title, in the Gui department, so far, there are only three people who have been honored as "Gong", one is Li Zongren, the Duke of De, and the other is Bai Zongxi, the Duke of Jian, these two because of their high status, it is natural to be called "Gong". The third "Gong" is the dead Liao Lei, called "Yan Gong", no one dares to disagree with this, for the country and the people, tired to death, throughout China for 5,000 years, there is only one Zhuge Kongming can be compared, not to mention that no one is willing to compete with the dead. Zhou Zuhuang is called "Jing Gong" because of his old qualifications, Baoding Phase I, followed by Xia Wei's plan, the commander of the 16th Group Army Xia Wei promised Zhou Zuhuang to serve as the commander of the 46th Army as soon as he came back, but he didn't expect this hat to lag behind He Xuan's head, in order to comfort Zhou Zuhuang, he was given a paper high hat, and he kept calling him "Jing Gong". Xia Wei's call, in the Gui army, called out the fourth "male". Zhou Zuhuang particularly enjoyed this title, and for the sake of this title, he did not hesitate to be a nominal senior staff officer until late April, when he became the commander of the 46th Army.

As soon as Zhou Zuhuang came to the 46th Army, he immediately moved the military headquarters from Lingshan to Luwu, and then put Qin Jing, the commander of the new 19th Division, who insisted on the defensive, to the shelf, and basically handed over the work of the new 19th Division to Kan Weiyong and Zhao Guolong. Demand them, harass and harass, attack and attack. Feng Huang, commander of the 175th Division, was stationed in Beihai to garrison the coast of Liankang, and he must not allow the Japanese army to land again. In order to facilitate Zhou Zuhuang's work, he was equipped with two veteran deputy commanders, one was Huang Heling, the other was veteran Li Xingshu, the commander of the 170 Division was Wang Jingsong, a native of Pingnan County, Guangxi, who graduated from the eighth phase of the Baoding Army Military Academy, and Han Liancheng, the deputy division commander, and the whole division was transferred to the area of Luwu in Qinzhou as the Chinese army of the 46 th Army.

Hearing Kan Weiyong's report, Zhou Zuhuang pointed to Kan Weiyong and Zhao Guolong, and said with a smile to the two deputy army commanders Li Xingshu and Huang Heling beside him: "These two are restless, and they can't help but kill when they see the Japanese. ”

Huang Heling, a native of Gaoming, Guangdong, although he graduated from the sixth phase of the Baoding Military Academy, he is four years older than Zhou Zuhuang, and he is already three out of fifty, and he is considered an elder in the Gui Army. He smiled and said: "The Japanese invade the territory, the people are not happy, I am a soldier, I should fight bravely to kill the enemy, in my opinion, as long as I am sure, I should support all the acts of exterminating the Japanese." ”

Li Xingshu is not a master in terms of combat, and then, in terms of words and battles, he is a master, in the Gui army, he served as chief of staff for far more time than Yang Zanmo, which can be traced back to the Northern Expedition. After the Battle of Xuzhou, Zhou Zuhuang was dismissed, Yang Junchang was imprisoned, Xu Qiming was transferred, and he really couldn't find a suitable person to lead the troops. As the new deputy commander, he only has the share of laughter.

With Zhou Zuhuang's consent, and with Huang Heling's verbal promise, if necessary, Wang Jingsong's 170th Division could assist in the battle. Kan Weiyong and Zhao Guolong happily returned to the new 19th Division and began to dispatch troops to carry out a large-scale attack on the Yongqin Highway.

Zhao Guolong's idea was very simple, during this time, the new 19th Division robbed on the Yongqin Road, and succeeded several times, but it was all stirred up by the mobile Japanese Guards Brigade, and the success was lost. This time, the Japanese Guards Brigade is leaving, leaving a lot of space on Yongqin Road, and it's not good to have a good time, I'm really sorry for the Guards Brigade who left so politely.

Without the Guards Brigade and without the reinforcements that may appear at any time from the Guards Brigade, Zhao Guolong seemed to be much more at ease. He told Zhang Shuxiong, the commander of the field supplementary regiment, that he would find a random place to ambush, and the Japanese convoy would come over, so he just let go of the fight and see if he could attract some other devils to come and die. Then tell Huang Guichu, the commander of the 55th Regiment, Liu Ziqiang, the commander of the 57th Regiment, to ambush the valley slope about three kilometers away from Zhang Shuxiong, and if Zhang Shuxiong fights well, he will stay there and watch the scenery, and if Shuxiong fights hard, he will bring the devils over, and that is their job.

Yang Litian's 56th Regiment served as a reserve.

Mobilize all the people in the division, Kan Weiyong laughed at Zhao Guolong's fuss, and punched flies. Zhao Guolong said with a smile that the Japanese army may estimate that we will take the opportunity to fight for chaos, and we will plan according to the situation, and we should not be careless. In the so-called sabotage war, we must do a good job of corresponding countermeasures, otherwise, the sabotage attack will become a death sentence.

Zhou Zuhuang fully supported Zhao Guolong's thinking, and first sent the artillery regiment directly under the army over, telling Zhao Guolong that he had to know how many shells the Qiwushan artillery fired, and the new 19th Division was responsible for the shells, which were replenished from the Japanese. Zhao Guolong secretly laughed at Zhou Zuhuang's old slamming the door, during this period of robbery, most of the materials brought back were handed over to the army, especially the artillery shells of Qiwushan, but the new 19th Division did not leave a single one, because the new 19th Division did not have an artillery battalion. The Japanese Army's Type 94 75 Mountain Cannon was produced in imitation of the German Kluper Mountain Cannon, but some of their own ideas were added to the imitation, in order to reduce the weight and adapt to the poorly adapted transportation capacity, the gun barrel was thinned, and the heavy steel beam frame of the Kruber was replaced by a light steel tube frame. The result of this is a reduction in weight and at the same time a decrease in the life of the barrel, in order to ensure the service life of the barrel, the charge can only be reduced and the muzzle velocity can be reduced, so that the firing range is shortened, and at the same time the firing stability becomes poorer. The shells are common to the Kruber Mountain Artillery shells of the National Army, and what makes the Japanese depressed is that the same Japanese-style Type 94 mountain artillery shells, fired from the Kruber gun carriage, have a higher range and accuracy than the Type 94 mountain guns.

Zhao Guolong was very careful, and got a secret report, confirming that the Guards Brigade had boarded the ship at Nanning Minsheng Ferry, and had already left Nanning before launching an attack.

The departure of the Guards Brigade brought great pressure to Major General Shiota Dingqi, the commander of the Taiwanese Mixed Brigade in Qinzhou, and in the Battle of Guinan, the Taiwanese Mixed Brigade suffered certain losses, and both wings were reduced to three infantry brigades. After the Battle of Guinan, in order to ensure the smooth flow of the Yongqin Highway, Major General Yantian Dingqi did not spend much time on this road, and stationed the three infantry brigades of the 1st Wing in Xiaodong, Changtan and Baekje respectively, and the transport team from Qinzhou to Nanning took three days, the first day was sent to Xiaodong by the infantry brigade of Qinzhou, the second day was sent to Baekje by Xiaodong's Japanese army, and on the third day, it was sent from Baekje to Pumiao, and when it arrived at Pumiao, it was to the sphere of influence of the Guards Brigade. Even so, it was ambushed many times by the new 19th Division, and the losses were not small. At the end of April, after Zhou Zuhuang arrived, he brought the 170th Division and intensified the attack on this road, which made Major General Yantian Dingqi even more stretched, but fortunately with the support of the Guards Brigade, the smooth transportation line could be guaranteed. Now that the Guards Brigade is gone, all the responsibility falls on the shoulders of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade.

Rear Admiral Shiota Dingqi went to the battleship task force anchored in Qinzhou Port for help, and asked the Marines to go ashore and assist the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 2nd Wing to take charge of the defense of Qinzhou, and the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Brigades to escort it. The specific plan was that on the first day, the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Brigades would escort the supplies, and after arriving at Xiao Dong, the 2nd Infantry Brigade would return to Qinzhou, and the 3rd Brigade would send the supplies to Baekje together with Xiao Dong's Japanese army.

The Japanese army changed the escort method and added an infantry brigade to escort it, and as soon as they left the city of Qinzhou, they were detected by the local guerrillas, and the news immediately reached the headquarters of the new 19th Division. Zhao Guolong immediately ordered Zhang Shuxiong not to act rashly. Zhang Shuxiong sent a reconnaissance team and quickly figured out the Japanese army's plan of action, and after the 3rd Infantry Brigade returned to Qinzhou, the 2nd Infantry Brigade and Xiao Dong's two squadrons were responsible for escorting, leaving one squadron in Xiao Dong. In response to the intelligence brought back by Zhang Shuxiong, Zhao Guolong immediately proposed a new plan, after the Japanese army's transport brigade left Xiao Dong, the 56th Regiment of Yang Litian feinted to attack Xiao Dong and lured the escort team to return to rescue halfway. If the Japanese army does not come back to help, they will directly defeat Xiao Dong. If the enemy comes to help, there will be two situations, one is to return all the reinforcements, and if this happens, the 56th regiment will withdraw from Xiao Dong. The second is partial reinforcement, the Japanese reinforcement is entangled by Zhang Shuxiong's field supplement regiment, and the 55th regiment, the 57th regiment and the military artillery regiment are responsible for cleaning up the transport team.

Although Qin Jing, the commander of the new 19th Division, did not advocate the harassment and anger of the Japanese army in the transition, once a resolution was formed, he would also go all out and take the initiative to say to Kan Weiyong: "Bohan (Kan Weiyong Bohan), you and Guolong are in the dispatch of the Chinese army, and I am in charge of the 55th Regiment, the 57th Regiment and the military artillery regiment. Kan Weiyong said happily: "With the master in person, he will definitely win." Zhao Guolong didn't have a very good impression of Qin Jing, he just smiled and didn't speak. However, he was very happy for Qin Jing to volunteer to command this way, after all, this is a big army, and he needs a prestigious high-ranking official. What's more, without Qin Jing in the division headquarters, his pressure was much less.

The news came that the Japanese convoy had arrived at Xiao Dong, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 2nd Wing had returned after eating, and the battle was tomorrow.